Horseshoe-calk.



No. 823,423. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. G LOIBL.

HORSESHOE GALK.

APPLICATION rmm oc'r.1o,19o5.

I CARL LOIBL, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

HOHSESHOE-CAL-K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed October 10,1905. Serial No. 282,10 0.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CARL LOIBL, a citizen of Germany, residing atMunich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoe-Calks and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use,

the same.

The present invention relates to calks for horseshoes, which even aftera strong wear have narrow tread-surfaces only and in which neverthelessany breakage of single parts and any clenching of dirt or soil, snow,and ice in the interior of the cavities is rendered impossible.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent the new calk forhorseshoes, Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a side view, and Fi3 a section on line A B of Fi 2.

n the body a of the calk, whic is rovided with the screw 1), is arrangeda cana iculated cavity or utter c, leaving at the lower side of the calonly two narrow surfaces (1 e. The body a, of the calk further possessesa bore f, crossing the cavity 0 rectangularly and being so arranged thatit penetrates the cavity 0. This opening or bore f has at its two endswidenings forming beveled surfaces g and being directed so as topenetrate the upper side of the calk. By this means a relatively narrowbridge h is formed. In consequence of this arrangement of the cavities cand f dirt and snow or ice which may have entered these cavities arepressed out automatically at each step of the horse at the upper part ofthe body a of the calk, While any stoppage of the cavities and formingof slippery surfaces is efiiciently prevented.

As will clearly be understood, after a certain wear of thetread-surfaces in place of the two narrow surfaces (1 e at the lowerside of the calk'four small surfaces are formed by degrees at the fourcorners of the body a, and after the wear of these four small surfacestwo narrow surfaces are at last formed, crossing rectangularly the wornoriginal surfaces (1 c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A calk for horseshoes having at its lower side a canaliculated cavity orgutter cleaving two narrow tread-surfaces d, e and a bore f crossing andpenetrating said cavity, and

widenings of said bore forming beveled surfaces g.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CARL LOIBL.

Witnesses ULYSSES J. BYWATER, Gnone KONNER.

